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rroftrils are placed ; the colour of it black : the top of the head'is 

 deep rufous : the general colour of the reft of the body greyifh 

 brown, inclining to olive, with a mixture of white on the upper 

 part of the belly and fides, and of greenifh on the neck : upper 

 part of the back, wing coverts, and tail, marked with dufky 

 tranfverfe fpots, feweft on the laft : the fides of the head, 

 throat, and fore part of the neck, not well clothed with fea- 

 thers*: the fecondary quills have a mixture of rufous ; and the 

 greater quills plain afh-colour : the tail is fhort : the legs yel- 

 lowifh brown •, the hind part of them v^ry rough, the fcales 

 fianding out, and giving the appearance of the bark of the fir- 

 tree 



This is found in the woods of feveral parts of South America, par- Place and 

 ticularly of 'Cayenne and Guiana •, and paflfes the night perched on 

 the lower branches of the trees, two or three feet from the ground. 

 The female lays from twelve to fifteen eggs, the fize of thofe of 

 an Hen, and of a beautiful green colour. Makes the nefton the 

 ground, near the flump offome large tree; and if difturbed, rolls 

 the eggs to another place, at a good diftance. The young follow 

 as foon as hatched, and hide themfelves on the leaft approach of 

 danger. Is faid to have two broods in a year. Their food is 

 fruits and grain of all kinds,, as well as worms and frifeffs. The 

 Indians kill them frequently while roofting on the trees, of 

 nights. The flefh is accounted very good,. and the eggs alfo« 

 reckoned a great dainty. 



* In the Pi. ml. the fides of the head are painted red, and feem to be bare of 

 feathers ; but in the fpecimens which we have feen, thofe parts are thinly covered 

 with fhort feathers, of the fame colour as the reft of the plumage. 



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